Crooks and Liars

Sunday November 4, 2007 08:15 pm

Brent Wilkes: Guilty on 13 counts!

By John Amato

San Diego:

A U.S. District Court jury has convicted Brent Wilkes on all 13 counts in his corruption trial. The Poway defense contractor had been accused by prosecutors of leveraging more than $600,000 in cash bribes and thousands more in gifts to ousted Rep. Randy Duke Cunningham in exchange for Cunningham's influence in securing more than $80 million in government contracts.